Sura 77: Dispatched
(Al-Mursalaat)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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والمرسلات عرفا

(Angels) dispatched in succession.

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فالعاصفات عصفا

To drive the wind.

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والناشرات نشرا

Stir up clouds.

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فالفارقات فرقا

Distribute the provisions.

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فالملقيات ذكرا

Deliver messages.

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عذرا او نذرا

Good news, as well as warnings.

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انما توعدون لواقع

What is promised will come to pass.

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فاذا النجوم طمست

Thus, when the stars are put out.

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واذا السماء فرجت

The sky is opened up.

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واذا الجبال نسفت

The mountains are blown up.

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واذا الرسل اقتت

The messengers are summoned.

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لاي يوم اجلت

That is the appointed day.

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ليوم الفصل

The Day of Decision.

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وما ادراك ما يوم الفصل

What a Day of Decision!

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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الم نهلك الاولين

Did we not annihilate the earlier generations?

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ثم نتبعهم الاخرين

Then we made others follow them?

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كذلك نفعل بالمجرمين

This is what we do to the criminals.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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الم نخلقكم من ماء مهين

Did we not create you from a lowly liquid?*

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فجعلناه في قرار مكين

Then we placed it in a well-protected repository.

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الى قدر معلوم

For a specific period.

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فقدرنا فنعم القادرون

We measured it precisely.* We are the best designers.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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الم نجعل الارض كفاتا

Did we not make the earth an abode?

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احياء وامواتا

For the living and the dead?

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وجعلنا فيها رواسي شامخات واسقيناكم ماء فراتا

We placed on it high mountains, and provided you with fresh water to drink.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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انطلقوا الى ما كنتم به تكذبون

Go to what you used to disbelieve in.

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انطلقوا الى ظل ذي ثلاث شعب

Go to a shade of three different densities.

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لا ظليل ولا يغني من اللهب

Yet, it provides neither coolness, nor protection from the heat.

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انها ترمي بشرر كالقصر

It throws sparks as big as mansions.

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كانه جمالت صفر

As yellow as the color of camels.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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هذا يوم لا ينطقون

That is the day they do not speak.

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ولا يؤذن لهم فيعتذرون

Nor are they given permission to apologize.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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هذا يوم الفصل جمعناكم والاولين

This is the Day of Decision. We have summoned you and the previous generations.

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فان كان لكم كيد فكيدون

If you have any schemes, go ahead and scheme.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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ان المتقين في ظلال وعيون

The righteous will enjoy shade and springs.

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وفواكه مما يشتهون

And fruits that they desire.

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كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون

Eat and drink happily in return for your works.

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انا كذلك نجزي المحسنين

We thus reward the virtuous.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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كلوا وتمتعوا قليلا انكم مجرمون

Eat and enjoy temporarily; you are guilty.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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واذا قيل لهم اركعوا لا يركعون

When they are told, “Bow down,” they do not bow down.

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ويل يومئذ للمكذبين

Woe on that day to the rejectors.

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فباي حديث بعده يؤمنون

Which Hadith, other than this, do they uphold?

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